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Four University field event men gained places in the Penn Relays on Saturday afternoon, while the Freshman relay team, running the best race it has ever travelled, lost the mile event to Yale 1926 by a foot. The sprint medley team, which ran an excellent race on Friday, was out of its place in the 880-yard distance it attempted Saturday, and trailed badly. In the feature race of the day, the two-mile relay championship, a Penn State quartet established a new world's record for the distance in beating Oxford, the time being 7 minutes...
PHILADELPHIA, PENN., April 27.--Merrill, Chapin, Fletcher and Captain Burke running the sprint medley relay distance for the University this afternoon in the Penn Relays, placed fourth in this feature event, trailing Oxford, the Navy, and Georgetown, but leading such strong teams as Syracuse, Princeton, Penn State and Cornell. The time for the race was 3 minutes 33 1-5 seconds. Contrary to previous plans, this same team will represent the University tomorrow in the 880-yard relay race, each man running 220 yards. Marshall, the only other Crimson competitor in today's events placed fourth in the hammer throw...
This afternoon at the twenty-ninth Annual Relay Carnival of the University of the Pennsylvania on Franklin Field, four University runners will compete in a medley sprint relate race and a Crimson representative will enter the hammer throw contest. This squad left Boston yesterday and will be followed today by ten more University track men who will compete in tomorrow's events. In connection with the meet, there will be a meeting of the executive committee of the I. C. A. A. A. A. tonight in Philadelphia at which Manager Chandler will represent the University...
...Sprint Relay Team Leaves Today...
...University medley sprint relay team, composed of Captain Burke, Chapin, Merrill and Fletcher, and the Crimson entrant in the hammer throw. Marshall, will leave today for Philadelphia with Coach Martin and Manager Chandler, since their events come tomorrow on the first day of the meet. The other University entrants, whose contests come on Saturday, will leave tomorrow afternoon...